More sales through
Google Shopping.Without ad spend risk.

KUPONA Shopping PLUS is a managed Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) partner that runs Google Shopping and Microsoft Shopping campaigns on your behalf. Handled through your existing affiliate network, including tracking, reporting and commission settlement.

0 € ad spend risk
Pure performance basis
No contract lock-in
mens running shoes
Sponsored
Your ad
1
Your Brand Runner
Men's Running Shoe
119,95 €
Your Store
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
Rival Speed X
Rival Brand
115,00 €
CompetitorEU
★★★★4,5
by Google
via KUPONA
2
Your Brand Trail Pro
Men's Trail Shoe
134,90 €
Your Store
★★★★4,5
by KUPONA
Competitor
Apex Trail Z
Rival Brand
112,00 €
RivalStoreEU
★★★★4,5
by Google
The situation

Your Google Shopping auctions
are getting more expensive

Competition in e-commerce keeps intensifying. For you as a retailer, that creates three challenges putting direct pressure on your marketing efficiency and your market share.

Rising CPCs

Growing competitive pressure drives up click prices in your core categories and squeezes marketing efficiency.

Strong competitors

Other retailers and marketplaces intercept buyers who intended to purchase from you.

Budget risk when testing

New channels and campaigns cost ad spend before you know whether they pay off.

The solution

Additional placements in Google Shopping,
without additional risk

As a CSS partner within your affiliate program, we run Google Shopping ads for your products at our own expense, alongside your own activities. That means more placements, more visibility and qualified click traffic at no cost to you. At our risk, fully managed, on a pure performance basis.

Pay per sale

You only pay commission on sales your affiliate network has validated. We carry the ad spend for our campaigns.

Incremental

More placements next to your own campaigns. Complementary, without overlap.

Fully transparent

Transparent, regular reporting. You stay in control at all times.

Two scenarios

What actually happens on the
search results page

Switch the view and see the difference. Both scenarios occur regularly in everyday search.

A competitor takes the second slot

In a crowded auction, one ad slot is often not enough. Competitors occupy valuable positions, even on searches for your own brand.

your brand running shoes
Sponsored
Your ad
1
Your Brand Runner
Men's Running Shoe
119,95 €
Your Store
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
Rival Speed X
Rival Brand
115,00 €
CompetitorEU
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
2
Speedline Pro 2
Rival Brand
134,90 €
RunBig.de
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
Apex Trail Z
Rival Brand
112,00 €
RivalStoreEU
★★★★4,5
by Google
mens running shoes
Sponsored
Competitor
Aero Run GTX Running
Men's, cushioned
139,00 €
RunWorldEU
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
CloudStep Neo Sneaker
Men's, cushioning
99,90 €
RunBig.de
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
1
Stride Max Air
Rival Brand
119,95 €
ShoeDealNRW
★★★★4,5
by Google
Competitor
Flexstride Air Light
Men's, lightweight
109,00 €
ShoeDealNRW
★★★★4,5
by Google

The sale goes to a competitor

What happens when your own Shopping campaign wins no slot in a decisive auction? Normally the customer is lost to a competitor.

See how it works

Live in four steps

1

Connect

You invite KUPONA Shopping PLUS as a partner into your affiliate network. No technical work on your side.

2

Share the feed

We take your product feed directly from your partner program.

3

We run it

We invest the budget and manage our campaigns complementary to your own activities.

4

Pay on sale

Commission only on confirmed sales, which you approve through your affiliate management as usual.

Your risk

Performance marketing
without the cost trap

Every click that does not convert is wasted budget. You carry the full risk for the ad budget you deploy. Our partner model turns that principle around.

0 €

ad spend risk

You only pay commission on real, validated sales. No sale, no cost.

100 %

Flexible, no contract lock-in

No minimum term. Performance keeps the partnership going, not the fine print.

CPO

Fair CPO billing

Billing is per sale, at the commission rate you set yourself.

Transparency and control

You stay in the driver's seat

Our approach is a partnership in which you set the strategic direction. We act as an extension of your team: transparent, flexible and always aligned with your goals.

Transparent reporting

You see clicks and sales generated, fully traceable in your own report.

You set the commission

Your targets steer the campaign. We work within the parameters you define.

We work together

The more transparent the collaboration, the more valuable our contribution. Optimize your accounts and share your experience with us.

Handling brand keywords

On request, we exclude brand keywords. Keep in mind: your competitors show up on your brand keywords as well.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Google Shopping and CSS

No. We create additional visibility in the Shopping results.

Google never plays one retailer's products against each other: your click price is always based on the next highest bid from a different retailer, never on a bid placed on your behalf.

No. If two comparison shopping services bid for the same retailer, Google does not use the second bid to determine the price, but falls back on the next highest bid from a different retailer. Your click price therefore stays unchanged.

We run the campaigns at our own expense, so higher bids mean higher risk for us. We scale through profitability, not aggressiveness.

No. No minimum term, cancellable at any time within the standard notice period of your affiliate network. Performance keeps the partnership going, not the fine print.

Yes. Your main campaign stays with your current Comparison Shopping Service. KUPONA Shopping PLUS operates exclusively as a publisher through your affiliate network and comes in as an additional layer, not as a replacement.

So you do not need to change anything in your existing setup and you do not have to go through a CSS switch.

You invite us as a partner into your affiliate network and release the product feed you already have stored there. That is all.

No access to your Google Ads account, no change in your Merchant Center, no reconfiguration of your running campaigns.

No. Your own Google Shopping campaigns, your conversion tracking and your attribution stay unchanged. Our clicks and sales run through your affiliate network and appear in your familiar report there, cleanly separated from your other activities.

We use the product feed from your partner program to serve the ads. The data stays under your control, and there is no disclosure to third parties beyond what is technically required to deliver the ads in Google Shopping.

Because the European Commission required Google to allow it. Following the antitrust case AT.39740 from 2017, upheld by the European Court of Justice in 2024, Google must grant external Comparison Shopping Services equal access to the Shopping auction.

Every Shopping ad in Europe technically runs through a CSS, the only question is which one. The model is an official, documented Google program, not a gray area.

We only advertise products of retailers who have actively accepted us into their partner program.

Comparison portals bring you traffic from their own platform. We place your products directly in the Google Shopping results, where the purchase decision is made.

The second difference is control: you get a performance agency with dedicated contacts and agreed rules of engagement, not an anonymous platform running standard logic.

Yes. Five- and six-figure product counts are no problem. With very large catalogs we look at feed quality and campaign structure together, so the budget lands in the high-margin areas.

Fair question. Our answer is how we steer the campaigns: we deliberately bid on mid- and long-tail queries that your own campaign does not cover or covers only weakly, with bids below your main bids and without your brand terms.

So we go where you would otherwise lose visibility to competitors, not into your safe brand conversions.

Why KUPONA

A performance agency instead of
an anonymous platform

Years of Shopping experience

Proven Google Ads and Shopping expertise from numerous projects.

Data-driven profit bidding

We optimize for your profit, not for raw third-party revenue.

In-house feed technology

Feed optimization and clean conversion tracking built in-house.

Hands-on local support

Dedicated contacts who know your market. No ticket system.

Time-to-value

Live fast, effective fast

The standard onboarding timeline in the managed CSS segment, and the benchmark we work to.

1-3 days
Setup

Campaigns live

After the technical setup and the connection of your product feed, we launch the first campaigns and secure immediate visibility in the market.

7-10 days
Data

First results

The first sales come in. We collect data on user behavior and performance as the basis for further optimization.

6-8 weeks
Scaling

Fully optimized

Based on the data, your campaigns are fully optimized. We scale the budgets and maximize your return on investment.

Let's work together

Let's talk about your
incremental revenue.

HS
Hendrik Seifert
Managing Director
hseifert@kupona.de +49 661 480 275 19